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Peter Romeo

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Peter Romeo

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Technology

Here's how AI sees the need for regulating restaurant AI

Reality Check: Calls for monitoring the industry's use of the technology have been increasing. Here's the view of a major stakeholder in the matter, AI itself.

Marketing

Photos of a fishing boat can land a restaurant in deep trouble

Government Watch: An FTC official warned the 10 biggest seafood chains this week that they need to be careful about what they promise with their nautical design accents.

Workforce

Union hits the 500-unit mark in its drive to organize Starbucks

Yet relations between Starbucks Workers United and the chain's new management seem to be warming.

Operations

California gives weed outlets a path to become restaurants

Local jurisdictions can now allow licensed THC retailers to recast their facilities into cafes offering food and beverage prepared and served on-site.

Operations

Massive port strike is expected to severely disrupt supply chains

The work action by 45,000 longshoremen is shutting down 36 of the nation's largest gateways for imports. Economists project a cost to the economy of $5 billion a day.

Financing

An ownership-reporting deadline is creeping up on restaurants

As part of an effort to detect shell companies fueling criminal activities, the federal government is requiring LLCs and small corporations to reveal who actually owns them. The information has to be filed by Jan. 1.

Food

Convenience stores counter fast-food deals with head-turning bargains of their own

Market leaders like Circle K, Wawa and 7-Eleven are wooing deal hunters with meals priced as low as $3.

Workforce

Get ready for 'captive audience' and 'right-to-disconnect' legislation

Government Watch: States are aiming to bolster the defenses of employees who want to decide what and when they hear from their employers.

Financing

Justice Department adds muscle to restaurants' fight to temper credit-card swipe fees

The department has filed a lawsuit against Visa, saying it illegally stifles competition. It's an argument the industry has been sounding for years.

Leadership

Carl Karcher's rags-to-riches story would make a killer mini-series. Here's the outline

Restaurant Rewind: The founder of Carl's Jr. borrowed against his old Plymouth to fund his first venture. The $326 bet would grow into a multi-billion-dollar empire Karcher would subsequently lose and regain, leaving behind a rich legacy in the process.

Workforce

How have the rules for paying servers changed? Here's a primer

A U.S. district court gave the restaurant industry a big win by ending a major limit on use of the tip credit. But there’s still uncertainty about where that leaves employers.

Workforce

With just weeks until the election, the political scene is heating up for restaurants

Working Lunch: From a longtime foe faltering in Congress to a presidential candidate promising yet another payroll break, recent days have yielded quite a highlights reel.

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